Your fourth grade class has been blogging for about two months now. They have shared several writing projects on their class blogs, including revisions of some short stories with illustrations. To protect your students’ identities, all students use only their first name and first letter of their last names (e.g., Kayla F., Joseph R.) Your students have commented on each others blogs, and a few parents and other teachers have added comments as well. Your students have become accustomed to this feedback from your internal audience. Today, one of your students, Aaron, asked you about a comment on his blog. Someone complimented him on his story but Aaron doesn’t recognize the name. You review the comment and the link provided, and it appears to be someone from Canada doing educational research. Aaron asks what he should do next.
Response to Aaron
Aaron, the WWW in web addresses stands for the World Wide Web….now you know why!! When we post things on the web (i.e., website, blogs, etc) people all over the world can view our postings. The fact that someone in Canada viewed and commented on your blog is to be commended! You now know firsthand that when using the web, your voice can be heard, not only outside of your classroom, your school, your community and your state, but outside of your country!
Tomorrow, we are going to share the wonderful response you received with the rest of the class. I am sure they will not only be excited for you, but will also be excited about the possibility of receiving their own out of the country blog response. Additionally, we will enlist the help of your classmates to brainstorm ideas on how you can respond. It is your blog of course and you can accept or deny the advice of your classmates, however, it should be fun getting their input.
Aaron, you may also remember the safety guidelines that you received prior starting your blog. You did the right thing by sharing your concern with me before responding. This is also an opportunity for me to reinforce and for you and your classmates to better understand why following the safety rules are important. We will also discuss blogging safety in class tomorrow.
Great job Mr. World Wide Blogger!!!
Response to the class
I have some exciting news to share with you today! One of your classmates had the privilege of receiving a comment from a blogger in Canada. The WWW in web addresses stands for the World Wide Web….now you know why!! When we post things on the web (i.e., website, blogs, etc) people all over the world can view our postings. The fact that someone in Canada viewed and commented on Aaron's blog is to be commended! You now know firsthand that when using the web, your voice can be heard, not only outside of your classroom, your school, your community and your state, but outside of your country!
Aaron will you share your blog post and the comment with the class? (Have him digitally show his blog post and it's comment on the laptop projector) I think that Aaron's experience is a great time to review the safety guidelines that we learned before we started blogging (Review and discuss guidelines). Aaron had a question about a comment that was posted by someone he didn't know, and he did the right thing by asking about how to handle the situation. I commend him for that and I want you to know that it is better to be cautious. If you have a question or concern you need to ask an adult before posting anything more.
I want to share with you an experience that I just recently had. I was looking at the website http://edublogawards.com/2012awards/best-student-blogs-of-2012/ to look at award winning blogs. Under the student blog awards, one really caught my attention. It was called Bronte's Barn (http://brontesblog.global2.vic.edu.au/2013/05/20/can-you-finish-the-ending/It caught my attention because of the unusual name for his blog. I read Bronte's latest post and found it very interesting. I decided to comment on it. I didn't know Bronte, and I couldn't find any personal information on him. To be honest, I'm not even sure if Bronte is a boy or a girl. This is the way it should be! Here's my comment I posted (http://ksenior08.wordpress.com/2013/06/28/brontes-barn/) As you can see, I was impressed with his post and wanted to comment (very similar to what the person from Canada did with Aaron's post). I stayed focused on his post and didn't ask him for any personal information. So what did Bronte do after he received a comment on his post from a complete stranger? (and by the way a stranger from outside of his country) He responded! Let me show you his comment back to me!
Now we are going to brainstorm some responses that Aaron can make to the fellow blogger. I want you to remember these are just brainstorms and Aaron has the final decision of how to respond.
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Your fourth grade class has been blogging for about two months now. They have shared several writing projects on their class blogs, including revisions of some short stories with illustrations. To protect your students’ identities, all students use only their first name and first letter of their last names (e.g., Kayla F., Joseph R.)Your students have commented on each others blogs, and a few parents and other teachers have added comments as well. Your students have become accustomed to this feedback from your internal audience.
Today, one of your students, Aaron, asked you about a comment on his blog. Someone complimented him on his story but Aaron doesn’t recognize the name. You review the comment and the link provided, and it appears to be someone from Canada doing educational research. Aaron asks what he should do next.
Response to Aaron
Aaron, the WWW in web addresses stands for the World Wide Web….now you know why!! When we post things on the web (i.e., website, blogs, etc) people all over the world can view our postings. The fact that someone in Canada viewed and commented on your blog is to be commended! You now know firsthand that when using the web, your voice can be heard, not only outside of your classroom, your school, your community and your state, but outside of your country!
Tomorrow, we are going to share the wonderful response you received with the rest of the class. I am sure they will not only be excited for you, but will also be excited about the possibility of receiving their own out of the country blog response. Additionally, we will enlist the help of your classmates to brainstorm ideas on how you can respond. It is your blog of course and you can accept or deny the advice of your classmates, however, it should be fun getting their input.
Aaron, you may also remember the safety guidelines that you received prior starting your blog. You did the right thing by sharing your concern with me before responding. This is also an opportunity for me to reinforce and for you and your classmates to better understand why following the safety rules are important. We will also discuss blogging safety in class tomorrow.
Great job Mr. World Wide Blogger!!!
Response to the class
I have some exciting news to share with you today! One of your classmates had the privilege of receiving a comment from a blogger in Canada. The WWW in web addresses stands for the World Wide Web….now you know why!! When we post things on the web (i.e., website, blogs, etc) people all over the world can view our postings. The fact that someone in Canada viewed and commented on Aaron's blog is to be commended! You now know firsthand that when using the web, your voice can be heard, not only outside of your classroom, your school, your community and your state, but outside of your country!
Aaron will you share your blog post and the comment with the class? (Have him digitally show his blog post and it's comment on the laptop projector) I think that Aaron's experience is a great time to review the safety guidelines that we learned before we started blogging (Review and discuss guidelines). Aaron had a question about a comment that was posted by someone he didn't know, and he did the right thing by asking about how to handle the situation. I commend him for that and I want you to know that it is better to be cautious. If you have a question or concern you need to ask an adult before posting anything more.
I want to share with you an experience that I just recently had. I was looking at the website http://edublogawards.com/2012awards/best-student-blogs-of-2012/ to look at award winning blogs. Under the student blog awards, one really caught my attention. It was called Bronte's Barn (http://brontesblog.global2.vic.edu.au/2013/05/20/can-you-finish-the-ending/It caught my attention because of the unusual name for his blog. I read Bronte's latest post and found it very interesting. I decided to comment on it. I didn't know Bronte, and I couldn't find any personal information on him. To be honest, I'm not even sure if Bronte is a boy or a girl. This is the way it should be! Here's my comment I posted (http://ksenior08.wordpress.com/2013/06/28/brontes-barn/) As you can see, I was impressed with his post and wanted to comment (very similar to what the person from Canada did with Aaron's post). I stayed focused on his post and didn't ask him for any personal information. So what did Bronte do after he received a comment on his post from a complete stranger? (and by the way a stranger from outside of his country) He responded! Let me show you his comment back to me!
Now we are going to brainstorm some responses that Aaron can make to the fellow blogger. I want you to remember these are just brainstorms and Aaron has the final decision of how to respond.